The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-24

l hepiuJ. luO uinVh CuCTObCutu upOl
the red brown Of the ipis, even I,
the tiny rim Of gold. Her voio,
sounded differently az she answered
| II have seen you before" she sale
dreamily. Last week in Petersburg
| saw this meeting Swallowed in tn,
astral light"
Ho was looking At her in his aston
isbnent- The guard blew bis whis
tie, aud with uplitted hand called
Right be'ind,"
The engine gave her scream.
And i, he said, recovering him
self, for the time was short, "whc
have not these occult means of di
vinstion, may l know TO whom
have had the honor Of speakingf"
The lady took from her handbag {
card case, from the card case q card
The train was moving of.
MANY. many thanks" she said
believe me, / nm deeply grateful To
you. Goodbye and auf wiedsrse
hon."
They we're gene now, and standing
on the platform he read the name
upon the card. Ii was this:
THE. PRINCESS PoPPRA RowENsKA.
II.
At the Lord Warden Percy Han.
bury found q letter awaiting him. 1t
was from his sister and il ran az fol
low.
BnsKRon's MANSIONS, 8. w.. wedns' day.
DEAR OLD PRRoY: | direct this to
Dover, for / suppose by this time
you must be on your way home, and
as my last letter was returned 10 me
from Venice | conclude that you
must have left just before it arrived.
Why don't you leave your address,
you stupid boy, when you move on
suddenly And why will you write
on post-cardsy Of course / could
have written to Bale, but as | had
wasted nearly three quarters OF an
hour the week before on the letter
which l got back, it did not seem to
me that you deserved it. In that
letter had told you all sorts Of
things. and now l have to repeat
them. In the first place, | told you
that Ethel and are getting tired OF
eachother-at least, she wants TO get
home TO her babies, and / really can
not expect her 10 keep me company
much longer. She has been here
nearly three weeks, and there is not
anyone else | care 10 ask. SO
you see. dear, | want you TO
.come home soon. Then there is
another reason, too, why | want
you. About fortnight ago land all
this / told you In my wasted letter y
our dear. pretty goose Of mother
came TO sec me. 1t sounds horrible
10 write like this OF ones parents,
but. much as We love her, we cannot
biu0 ourselves TO the fact that she is
frivolous and silly, aud have barely
patience with her. She has dyed her
hair again--it is 4 sort OF COLDER
bronze this time-and she wears
higher heels and is more conspicuous
locking every time | sec her. She
wanted me 10 admire hor boots, a fair
sized mouse could with ease, and per.
haps even on lis hind legs, walk under
tho ipstep could not, aud | ven.
tured . little renonstrance, and then
we'll you know her way. She thought
u rather hard that she should be
dictated 10 BY her own daushter,
aud that when everyone else was so
kind. and her husband adored her,
aud when since her second marriage
she did not even ash US " live with
her. she thought Il wa, not unreascn.
able 10 expect 70 be allowed TO dress
as she pleased. and "Thcophilus,"
she said, always liked her
taste In dress. aud "Theophilus"
was a COED judge. / might have said
that our worthy stepfather was
40 old fool. but | RETAINED, and pres
emily she ohesred up wonderfully,
and after a time out came the secret
oi her visit. "rhcophilus." IL ap.
pears. does net approve OF gambling,
but when mother was at Monte Carlo
she made the acquaintance OF a Mrs.
verekor. who persuaded her TO play,
aud by some wonderful Auke our
mother actually broke the bank
There. Percy, does not that take
your breath away1 Well. what does
she do then but invest the whole OF
the money in diamonds Now she is
afraid 10 carry them about with her,
and a. "Thoophilus' knows nothing
about them, and a. she was passing
through London, she brought them
here for you TO take charge Of them
for her. They are in the house now,
and Il makes me nervous. so | wish
you would como home soon. | wanted
10 put them 10 tho bank, bu, Tor some
reason or other she would not hear
OF IT, i never saw such stones.
They are masnificeut. Mr.. Vorokcr,
the ladYs husband, helped her 10
choose them. II mother had been
wise she would have told Gen. Bed.
ford / cannot call him pApa) all about
IL aud invested the money. How
ever, she did not aud there IL IL. In
my former letter told you all this.
Mother aud Gen. Bedford have gone
up 10 Scotland. | have lots more to
say. but Ethel is waiting for me TO
60 TO the Academy. The pictures
are not so very bad. There are only
one or two on which | want your
opinion. And now, darling Percy,
good bye. Ever your loving sister,
JEAN HANBURY,
L. S.-Tho Smiths in the fiat be.
low us have let il at last. Its taken
Tor q mouth at ten suincas a week.
They 60 10 Boulogno on Friday aud
the lady who has taken IL comes 10
on Monday. Otherwise wo are az
you left US.
IL will 40 home tomorrow" said
Percy 20 himself. Fancy the little
mother breaking the bank r.
Aud the wind rose, and there blew
a hurricane, apd the waves broke upon
the shore, aud threw the salt spray
high, 20 that sometimes the drops
were dashed against the wiadoWs of
the room we're Percy lay trying 20
sleep. But sleep came late, for his
head was full Of the events Of the day.
aud when al length IL closed his
eyes, he thought he was In the Casino